T. E. Wilson House

Contributors:

Jacob W. Holt, attributed builder

Dates:

Ca. 1850

Location:

Warrenton, Warren County

Street Address:

Macon St. at Front St., Warrenton, NC

Status:

Standing

Type:

Residential

Images Published In:

Catherine W. Bishir, “Jacob W. Holt, An American Builder,” Winterthur Portfolio (Spring, 1980), reprinted in Catherine W. Bishir, Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice (2006).
Kenneth McFarland, The Architecture of Warren County, North Carolina, 1770s to 1860s (2001).

Note:

The frame house overlooking the courthouse, built for Dr. Thomas E. Wilson and his family, which included memoirist Lizzie Wilson Montgomery, features robust Greek Revival elements including a Doric columned porch and entrance.